Finland may be the happiest country on earth, but it is also known as the land of a thousand sad songs. Lurking in the shadows of this Nordic welfare state are violence, alcoholism and inequality. A century after its premiere, the most Finnish of all operas is now being performed in a new production at the Helsinki Opera House.
Johannes Vatjus
Maria Turunen
Ville Rusanen
Johanna Nylund
Päivi Nisula
Jukka Rasilainen
Aki Alamikkotervo
Tuomas Pursio
Ilkka Hämäläinen
Finland may be the happiest country on earth, but it is also known as the land of a thousand sad songs. Lurking in the shadows of this Nordic welfare state are violence, alcoholism and inequality. A century after its premiere, the most Finnish of all operas is now being performed in a new production at the Helsinki Opera House.
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